Tyler Krueger

Bachelor of Design Accessory design Craft Ethical Footwear design Hand dying Hand stitching High end fashion Leather work Menswear Streetwear Sustainable Womenswear Ancestral history Climate change Craft Culture Ecology and Sustainability Locality Made to last New Zealand-ness Reflections of self Sustainability Te Ao Maori The past reimagined

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Lastrite X TVK photographed at the Auckland Domain.

Handmade Footwear Design

A personal exploration into the history of footwear in Aotearoa both Pākehā and Maori.

My collection is a personal exploration of the history of footwear in Aotearoa, both Pākehā and Maori - rediscovering my own Whakapapa and Hū and reflecting on details such as Hobnails and Crampons used for versatile climates in Aotearoa. Sharing a similar utilitarian function-inspired aesthetic, Dirk Bikkembergs' early high-end shoe designs heavily impacted my own design process - only natural repairable materials were used in personalised traditional silhouettes.

By further understanding and exploring the history of both pākehā and Maori footwear I have been able to deepen my awareness of design and fashion, this, in turn, has served to ground me in who I am as a designer and as a person, thereby providing me with the foundation for many collections to come.

The Tailors child photographed at the Auckland Domain.

The Tailor photographed at the Auckland Domain.

The Crampers photographed at the Auckland Domain.